BookBuddy: My Library Manager 4+
Track books and reading list
Kimico, Ltd.
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
BookBuddy is a powerful book management app that gives you access to your entire book catalog, anywhere. Using BookBuddy is fun and easy, allowing you to quickly find any book in your library, share your favorite books, and keep track of borrowed and lent books.
FREE VERSION
- BookBuddy has all the features of BookBuddy Pro with a 50 book limit.
- BookBuddy can be upgraded via In-App Purchase for unlimited book storage.
KEY FEATURES
• Adding Your Books
Add your books using the following options:
- Scan barcode (via iPhone camera or Bluetooth handheld scanner)
- Enter ISBN
- Search online by keyword
- Add manually
- Import from CSV file
• Organizing Your Books
Place your books where they belong:
- My Books — books you own
- Wish List — books you wish to own
- Borrowed — books you borrowed from others
- Previously Owned — books you no longer own
• Syncing Your Library
Sync your library across multiple devices using iCloud or Dropbox sync.
• Sharing Your Library
Share your library online via the BookBuddy Companion website and invite anyone to view it (requires a monthly subscription).
• Unlocking Your Reading Insights
Deep dive into your reading habits by exploring the following statistics:
- Books Finished — Track the number of books you’ve completed
- Pages Read — See your page count over time
- Top Authors — Discover your most-read authors
- Favorite Genres — Identify your preferred genres
MORE TO LOVE
• Universal app — pay once and use BookBuddy on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac.
• Personalize — use categories and tags, mark favorites, add personal notes, and much more.
• Appearance — choose either list or grid view to best match your needs.
• Custom Filters — filter your library by multiple criteria.
• Advanced Sorting — apply multi-level data sorting.
• Loans — instantly track books that are currently loaned out.
• Multiple selection — apply batch operations using multiple selection.
• Reading Status — filter your books by their reading status.
• Quick find — instantly find books by entering search keywords or scanning their barcodes.
• Export — quickly export your library into CSV, PDF, or HTML formats.
• Print — easily print selected books to AirPrint-enabled printers.
• Backup — create backups to any cloud service.
• Activity History — view the full history of your reading and loaning activities.
• Duplicates — quickly detect duplicates and easily remove them.
• Markdown Formatting — style your notes with headings, lists, bold, italics, links, and more.
• Privacy — your library is saved locally and privately on your device.
• And so much more!
CLASSROOM LIBRARY MANAGER (for teachers)
• Manage — use BookBuddy to manage your classroom library and track student checkouts.
• Checkout History — easily track checkout history and view statistics.
• Contacts — save your student names in BookBuddy Contacts rather than in your personal Contacts app.
• Reading Level Fields — use various fields to track the reading level of your books.
• Online Sharing — allow students to self-checkout books via the BookBuddy Companion website (requires a monthly subscription).
FEEDBACK
We love staying in touch with our users and we look forward to hearing from you! If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns, please email us at:
support@kimicoapps.com
or visit: http://www.kimicoapps.com/support.html
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* Privacy policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/12652322
* Terms and Conditions: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/12652322
What’s New
Version 9.7.4
- Allow configuring the Return key to either save changes or insert a new line in Title and Subtitle fields (via a "three dots" button at the top right corner)
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
Ratings and Reviews
Great for book collection and wishlist
I used to keep track of books, movies, and shows etc. on plaintext lists, but these apps designed specifically to keep those lists yet also provide additional information and a better interface are so nice, this is the best one I found for keeping track of books.
The app is updated fairly frequently for this type of app also the developers seem to care about improving this experience.
Update: using this app again after not using for awhile and book collection has grown exponentially. I love the variety of types of categorization (categories, tags, physical location, and many more options including custom fields you can create. This is helpful as my books are all over the place-multiple physical locations, kindle, Apple Books, audible, etc. There are also many options for tracking progress and status of books. The design of the app allows for vast complexity in organization while maintaining simplicity in user interface and makes it easy to edit the metadata on the fly. I also own book track app, which also has Mac app, but the design and usability of Book Buddy made me confident going all in with this app. Hopefully, with Catalyst and other developments on the Mac, this app will eventually be ported to the Mac also, which I would absolutely pay for again!
We love books!
Happily paid the charge to put in as many books as needed I just spent a lot of time putting in one shelf worth and we have 148 already! It even shows our duplicates which I didn’t notice all of them right away I can add a format which is amazing as I have audible books as well! I am bummed that quite a bit on the first shelf had to be searched for I wasn’t able to use all of our barcodes I guess the ones that we had to search were older editions of Stephen king and dean knootz books but not a deal breaker I am constantly trying to guess which ones we have and now I no longer have to do that when I’m out searching at thrift shops I can add notes as well like hardback or missing cover or damage as well giving me the opportunity to replace ones that are damaged absolutely love it! We’re in the process of moving so I’m going to inventory all of the books that haven’t been packed yet and once we move I’ll inventory my daughters as they are already packed! I am so excited to have this app I’ll be using it for years!!!!
Exceeds expectations
Hello- I would like to thank the developer for their work upon this cleverly designed app, and to recommend it for its utility and value.
The app is easy to navigate. It features numerous library view and sort filters. Book catalog information is easy to share with friends to ensure accurate recommendations. Adding books, modern and old, is a delight. I use the camera barcode scan for most items, but there is an integrated online search feature helps identify and properly catalog older items (a feature that has yet to fail me). There are numerous ways to customize cover photos and detail catalog information. It also allows me to track my progress with individual volumes. I'm sure I missed something, but these are my standouts. Getting a little war and peacey here, so I'll wrap it up. I'm just impressed with something so well executed.
This will help manage my little kernel of a home library. It is a remarkable value for the utility, Thank you.
App Privacy
The developer, Kimico, Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Kimico Ltd
- Size
- 30.2 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2010 Kimico Ltd.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- BookBuddy Pro Features $4.99
- Online Sharing - Standard $1.99
- Online Sharing - Professional $4.99
- Online Sharing - Standard $19.99
- Online Sharing - Professional $49.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.